nigger knocking

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nigger knocking

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In sense 2, perhaps influenced by knick-knock, another name for the same prank.

noun nigger-knocking

  1. Southern US, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur, uncountable A racial assault by a group of white people, typically bored youths in a truck or car, on one or more black people, typically a random pedestrian. I knew some cats was blowing one-nighters in little sawmill stops down in Missisippi, and one time these white boys — who had been dancing all night to the colored cats' sounds — chased 'em out on the highway and whipped 'em with chains and cut their poor asses with knives! They called it 'nigger kn
  2. US, dated, offensive, slang, uncountable Ding-dong ditch. 33. Ding Dong Ditch — Prank involving ringing a doorbell and running from the house (also Ding Dong Door Ditch, Nigger Knocking)

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@misc{nigger_knocking_2026,
  title = {nigger knocking},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nigger%20knocking},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}